Me: If Bernie gets the nominaton he will shock the experts with a 40-state landslide next November.

[reformist2]

See? I can make a prediction too. Will it be a national story? Probably not, because I'm not an establishment person.

I'm really getting sick of these establishment experts who are sounding the alarms, and together are acting like an echo chamber of worry and hysteria that their candidate might not get the nomination.

There are waaay too many pundits these days making headlines with their stupid predictions.

Remember when the news used to center on politicians' positions? I do. It wasn't that long ago, really. Believe it or not, kiddies, the news used to actually report where candidates stood on the issues, and not just scandals and what they used to call "the horse race."

[SonderWoman]

1. Experts matter and their opinions hold more weight.

[reformist2]

5. LOL!

[SonderWoman]

7. Who would you trust on climate science?

NASA experts or Koch bros?

[reformist2]

11. Scientists, of course. The people predicting elections 14 months from now are not scientists.

[SonderWoman]

12. Who exactly are you referring to?

And there are many poli-sci phd's.

[reformist2]

14. Just the punditocracy, most of whom aren't even journalists, let alone scientists.

They make a living being biased. No wonder they're always wrong.

[SonderWoman]

39. Okay. Thought you were referring to:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251608325

This guy who has a 100% accuracy rating.

[bvf]

16. Yeah, there are also

many christian scientists. They must be like physicists or something, right?

[mopinko]

26. that's doesnt make their untested and untestable assertions fact.

that sci part is just a word. there aint to science in it anywhere. no hypothesis of any political "scientist" is testable or provable in the least.

[bvf]

44. You're wasting your time trying to explain

a simple concept to someone who doesn't even understand the distinction between natural and social sciences, IMHO.

[mopinko]

50. prolly true.

[Vinca]

30. President Romney might disagree with you.

[C Moon]

32. That's what I was thinking: they left Romney in disbelief when he was told he lost.

[Fumesucker]

33. Indeed, virtually all the pundits were pro-Iraq War

Along with a certain Democratic candidate who shall remain nameless.

[MineralMan]

2. You may well be right.

The vast bulk of Democrats tend to support the nominee in Presidential elections. Weak candidates, do lose, however, as we have seen on several occasions. I'm not sure whether Bernie Sanders would be one of those weak candidates on a national basis. However, given the poor-quality field of Republican possibilities, I think he could win. I doubt if it would be a 40 state landslide, though. Instead, it would be a very close election, I'm sure.

[yeoman6987]

29. I would like Bernie on the democratic ticket and Cruz on the republican side

I want to know once and for all which direction the country wants to go. All this back and forth is not helping. Let's have both sides put their money where their mouth is and settle this once and for all. Are we a left country or a right country. Voters decide.

[aspirant]

37. "it would be avery close election, I'm sure"

Tell me exactly how you are "sure", include the verifiable scientific facts.

[MineralMan]

51. No, sorry.

[aspirant]

57. Just what I thought,

your sureness is make believe, but at least you're sorry about it.

[treestar]

43. There are more than 10 red states

so you're right, the 40 states is impossible.

[elleng]

3. I have no problem with that prediction AND

I further predict that whomever runs in the Dem party will attain a similar landslide due to the utter misery that is the repug party.

[still_one]

9. I hope you are right, but I am not so confident

[elleng]

10. My unspoken assumption, still_one:

that Dems won't do anything stupid around the General. I realize that may be a rash assumption. Just think of what happened to Al Gore (aside from repug thievery,) 'Don't go anywhere NEAR Bill Clinton!'

[still_one]

13. Excellent qualifier. Similar to a Jon Stewart assessment of what seems to be the Democratic

strategy at times:

"Snatched defeat from the jaws of victory"

Hopefully that will be a very wrong assessment

[elleng]

15. Yes, 'we' do it early and often.

[Pope Sweet Jesus]

20. Bernie: Yes

Clinton, O'Malley or Biden: No.

[Trajan]

4. Pundits are often wrong ...

Yeah, I know, hard to believe, but ...

They are never held to account for their wildly incorrect prognostications ...

[Trajan]

6. Let me say this:

It is my solemn oath to push forward with the Bernie Sanders campaign until he wins the office of the Presidency of the United States of America, or fails to do so ...

I'm all in ... All fuckin in ... You hear that, Hillary? ... You hear that, DWS ?

ALL IN!

[peacebird]

19. Me too!

[Enthusiast]

35. Me too! I'm solid for Bernie all the way through to the marrow.

[still_one]

8. Here's Why The South Poses A Huge Problem For Bernie Sanders

WASHINGTON -- Though Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is leading former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in successive polls of Democratic voters in New Hampshire and Iowa, his campaign faces significantly more difficult terrain outside those two states.

The problem for Sanders is a demographic one. In the South, where a number of states hold primaries in February and the first half of March, Clinton still has a lock on nonwhite Democrats. (A great table from FiveThirtyEight illustrates how Vermont and New Hampshire are especially unrepresentative of the Democratic electorate writ large, since the Democratic voters there are predominantly white and liberal.)

The demographics of base voters in Southern states could make all the difference for Clinton, whose team is already building a "firewall" to wrap up the nomination soon after Iowa and New Hampshire.

On March 1, primary voters in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia -- all states where Clinton is expected to come out ahead -- will go to the polls. Voters in Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Sanders' home state of Vermont will as well, and though Sanders has a chance of winning any of those states, their delegate counts pale in comparison to those in a larger state like Texas.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-nonwhite-voters_55fae616e4b0fde8b0cd427f

[peacebird]

24. Man, the Hillary supporters like that article, this is the 5th thread I've seen it posted in today!

Mind you, I am not seeing them mention how Hillary cancelled her rally in Texas, but kept the fundraiser there... Guess they were afraid the itty bitty number of people who showed for the rally woild look bad..... Especially next to the thousands Bernie got across the south recently.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

17. They claimed in '08 it was going to be all about "National Security" between Hillary and Rudy.

[Enthusiast]

36. Funny how they created that narrative out of whole cloth.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

40. Now the narrative is acting like Bernie wants to eliminate private property.....

Run away!!! Run away!!! He's gonna steal your house!!!

[Enthusiast]

42. Just like a true commie!

[TheFarS1de]

45. The only house he will seize ...

Will be the White House

[frylock]

54. But he'll give you back all the gunz that Obama seized!

[cui bono]

18. Sadly, even Rachel Maddow picks the horse race over policy when elections are happening.

[left-of-center2012]

21. "See? I can make a prediction too."

That reminds me of the HC posts that claim all of Biden's support would go to HC if he doesn't enter the race,
and she'll lead Bernie 6 billion to 1 in the polls.

[erronis]

23. Usually I try to comment on a prior one. I'm not very smart and like to tag along.

But this just seems to be a dumb-ass topic in order to incite other comments. There is no way of winning or even making a winning comment.

Bernie, Hillary, Webb, Mallory - someone will represent the "liberal" voters.

The rest of the herd will be stampeding towards some media-elected dumb-ass.

Please, Republicans (and I use this respectfully), please bring forward an intelligent, open-minded, educated (sciences, etc.) individual who can take control of a very important organization. Please!

[zappaman]

25. Me: And he will ride a magical unicorn

That farts rainbows to the inauguration.

Bookmark this!
I will be proved correct!

[Evergreen Emerald]

34. That was funny!

I laughed out loud.

[mhatrw]

55. If Donald Trump can win the Republican nomination ...

[40RatRod]

27. I doubt George...

...Washington could win 40 states as divided as everyone is now.

[Ino]

28. 2008 predictions that turned out wrong...

How Wrong They Were
http://www.salon.com/2008/11/06/bad_prediction/

Here's my prediction: Hillary will do anything and everything, including dirty tricks, to win the nomination. Because if she doesn't, she's finished forever. She will pull out all the stops, including shutting down debates (done!). I don't think she'll get the nomination. But if she does, she is SURE to lose the general election, no matter who the Repukes go with.

She. Will. Not. Be. President. Ever.

[RBInMaine]

46. Your post is pure hysteria and paranoia. Please, take a chill pill.

[Ino]

48. It was my speculative prediction.

Deal with it.

[mhatrw]

56. I feel sorry for Hillary Clinton. For the last 16 years, she has done

every single thing she needed to do to become the President of the United States 16 years ago.

[RBInMaine]

47. Those were speculative predictions, not based on any kind of analytical system.

[leftofcool]

49. Oh boy! Another Hillary is evil post.

[homegirl]

31. I'm with you,

it wasn't so long ago that they predicted a black man could not be elected president of the USA. And then it happened, TWICE!

[reformist2]

38. Exactly. Nobody can predict the future. So we may as well go with what (or who) we think is right.

[Duppers]

41. Bingo. That's my thoughts too. nt

[Thinkingabout]

52. Bookmarking

[longship]

53. Hint: there is no national election next November. nt

[WI_DEM]

58. Well, I hope so, but if Obama couldn't get 40 states

even in 2008, I doubt that Bernie would.